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LOVELAND, Colo. - The Colorado Eagles defeated the Odessa Jackalopes, 3-2, in a shootout after losing a one-goal game to the Jacks a night before. In the tightly-packed Turner Conference, the win moved the Eagles from fifth place into third and just two points out of first. Kyle Jones stopped 47 shots in the win and stonewalled two of three Odessa shooters in the shootout.
The teams played a scoreless first period, despite the Jackalopes being awarded five power plays, including three
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Spartans Sink Ten 3-pointers in 64-45 win
By Dan Karpiel
Sports Writer
Friday night in the Berthoud High School gym the Berthoud boys basketball team won their third game of the season with a 64-45 victory over Lyons. The Spartans sank ten three pointers and went 16/16 from the free-throw line to notch their first victory against a 3A Patriot League opponent.
Berthoud junior Greg Hutchins nailed six from beyond the arc and led all players in scoring with 22 on the night. “I just shot the
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LOVELAND, Colo. - The Odessa Jackalopes defeated the Colorado Eagles, 4-3, in the first game of a weekend set at the Budweiser Events Center. The win was just Odessa's second all-time in Loveland -- after picking up their first in their last visit -- and their first victory in regulation. The Jackalopes' power play went 2-for-6 on the night, while Colorado's went 1-for-8.
The teams played a tightly-contested opening period with the Eagles edging the Jackalopes in shots, 16-15. But Odessa
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Former-Panthers Coach Brings Physical Defense, Conservative Offense
By Dan Karpiel
Sports Writer
Friday afternoon John Fox was introduced as the fourteenth head coach in Denver Broncos team history. Fox had spent the previous nine seasons in the same role for the Carolina Panthers, compiling a 78-74 record including the playoffs.
In choosing Fox, the Dove Valley quartet of Pat Bowlen, Joe Ellis, John Elway and Brian Xanders opted for the safe choice. Of the six candidates they interviewed for
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LOVELAND, Colo. - The Colorado Eagles defeated the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, 6-1, earning a five-goal win against the team with the second-best record in the CHL one week after doing the same against the team with the best record (the Allen Americans). Andrew Penner backstopped the win, improving to 4-0-0 lifetime in the regular season against the 'Bugs, while Steve Haddon continued his five-game point streak with a season-high four points (2-2-4) in the victory.
Colorado controlled
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Lady Spartans win third straight game
By Dan Karpiel
Sports Writer
A three-week layoff did not affect the Berthoud High girls basketball team on Friday night as they topped Mead 50-34 in the Berthoud High School gym. The victory was the Spartans third consecutive and improves the team’s season record to 6-2. Mead was the first 3A Patriot League opponent Berthoud has faced this season.
“We did a lot of things very well tonight, we didn’t hurt ourselves with a lot of turnovers and played
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Zack Ruebesam scored 16 points in Berthoud's 47-55 loss to the Mead Mavericks. The Spartans are now 2-6 overall and 0-1 in league play.
The Next game is a January 14 home game against the high scoring Lyon Lions. The Lyons team has a 3-3 record and is ranked ahead of the Spartans.
Team Stats from Mead game

LOVELAND, Colo. - The Colorado Eagles fell 6-3 to the CHL's top team, the Allen Americans. Despite a solid effort all-around for the home team, the Americans scored on 25 percent of their shots to claim an opportunistic victory in a hard-fought contest. The game was a stark contrast to the teams' record-tying 11-6 wide open affair last Saturday night.
Colorado out-shot Allen 10-7 in an intense first period, but Adrien LeMay made several solid stops and the Americans were opportunistic with
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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas - The Colorado Eagles fell, 5-2, to the Texas Brahmas at the NYTEX Sports Centre, pushing their all-time record at the arena to 0-7-1 (including playoffs). The loss was Colorado's only one on a road trip that saw them take on the top team from each conference and visit three cities in as many days.
Greg Hogeboom, the Brahmas' leading scorer, got the game's first goal 2:50 in by taking a long pass from Jason Deitsch and beating Kyle Jones from the top of the right
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Ulanski's Shorthanded Hat Trick Leads Eagles Over Americans in Record-Tying Win
By JP Puma
ALLEN, Texas - After beating the best team in the Turner Conference at home on New Year's Eve, the fireworks continued for Colorado as they blew out the top team in the entire league at home, 11-6, to start 2011. The 11 goals, and 17 combined, both tied franchise highs, while Kevin Ulanski scored a shorthanded hat trick and became just the third player in team history to score four goals in a game.
The
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